miserabilismn.

Brit.

/ˈmɪz(ə)rəbəlɪz(ə)m/,

/ˈmɪz(ə)rəbl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S.

/ˈmɪzər(ə)bəˌlɪz(ə)m/,

/ˈmɪzrəbəˌlɪz(ə)m/

Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: German Miserabilismus ; French misérabilisme ; miserable adj., -ism suffix.

Etymology: In early use < German Miserabilismus ( E. Hartmann Zur Geschichte u. Begründung des Pessimismus (1880) 36) < classical Latin miserābilis miserable adj. + German -ismus -ism suffix. In quot. 1958 independently < French misérabilisme, as the name of an artistic tendency (1937). In quot. 1990 perhaps representing an independent formation < miserable adj. + -ism suffix.French misérabilisme also occurs as a non-naturalized loan from the second half of the 20th cent.:1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Oct. 713/3 Form cannot be an end in itself. Dull themes, misérabilisme, mundane drawing-room patter, depth (when attained) are not enough.1972 E. Lucie-Smith in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind III. xvi. 466 The thinness of these figures [in Giacometti's sculpture] also seemed to be an expression of existentialist misérabilisme.

A tendency to take a pessimistic or negative view; pessimism, esp. of a self-indulgent kind; gloomy negativity.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun]

pessimism1815

deteriorism1880

miserabilism1882

1882 J. W. Barlow Ultimatum of Pessimism 8 The third..of these unscientific species combines the characteristic evils of both wrathful and quietistic pessimism. It has been aptly termed Miserabilism (Miserabilismus).

1904 T. B. Saunders tr. A. von Harnack What is Christianity? 45 A miserabilism which clings to the expectation of a miraculous interference on God's part.

1958 Yale French Stud. No. 21. 132 The comic spirit has not deserted the poets who are the contemporaries of Existentialism, miserabilism [etc.].

1990 S. Reynolds Blissed Out (BNC) 32 A while back, somebody invented the term ‘miserabilism’. The people who used this vile slander seemed to believe that any kind of troubled, troubling music..was self-indulgent wallowing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	miserabilism
释义	miserabilismn. Brit. /ˈmɪz(ə)rəbəlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈmɪz(ə)rəbl̩ɪz(ə)m/, U.S. /ˈmɪzər(ə)bəˌlɪz(ə)m/, /ˈmɪzrəbəˌlɪz(ə)m/ Origin: Perhaps of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from German. Partly a borrowing from French. Perhaps partly formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: German Miserabilismus ; French misérabilisme ; miserable adj., -ism suffix. Etymology: In early use < German Miserabilismus ( E. Hartmann Zur Geschichte u. Begründung des Pessimismus (1880) 36) < classical Latin miserābilis miserable adj. + German -ismus -ism suffix. In quot. 1958 independently < French misérabilisme, as the name of an artistic tendency (1937). In quot. 1990 perhaps representing an independent formation < miserable adj. + -ism suffix.French misérabilisme also occurs as a non-naturalized loan from the second half of the 20th cent.:1961 Times Lit. Suppl. 13 Oct. 713/3 Form cannot be an end in itself. Dull themes, misérabilisme, mundane drawing-room patter, depth (when attained) are not enough.1972 E. Lucie-Smith in C. B. Cox & A. E. Dyson 20th-cent. Mind III. xvi. 466 The thinness of these figures [in Giacometti's sculpture] also seemed to be an expression of existentialist misérabilisme. A tendency to take a pessimistic or negative view; pessimism, esp. of a self-indulgent kind; gloomy negativity. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > despair, hopelessness > pessimism > [noun] pessimism1815 deteriorism1880 miserabilism1882 1882 J. W. Barlow Ultimatum of Pessimism 8 The third..of these unscientific species combines the characteristic evils of both wrathful and quietistic pessimism. It has been aptly termed Miserabilism (Miserabilismus). 1904 T. B. Saunders tr. A. von Harnack What is Christianity? 45 A miserabilism which clings to the expectation of a miraculous interference on God's part. 1958 Yale French Stud. No. 21. 132 The comic spirit has not deserted the poets who are the contemporaries of Existentialism, miserabilism [etc.]. 1990 S. Reynolds Blissed Out (BNC) 32 A while back, somebody invented the term ‘miserabilism’. The people who used this vile slander seemed to believe that any kind of troubled, troubling music..was self-indulgent wallowing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1882
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